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Review of The New Dealers’ War, by Thomas Fleming  

By George Baumler

          The New Dealers' War by Thomas Fleming is a historical account of the inside political intrigue, just prior to and through WWII.  The notion of the great crusade for freedom lead by FDR can now be put to rest.  Mr. Fleming's meticulously documented and researched work is not the idle gossip or hearsay you might expect from Roosevelt's enemies.  It is an objective picture of what happened behind the scenes that set into motion the one of the most horrific episodes in the history of the world. 

          From expedient promises to bare-faced lies, there can be little doubt that the political dealings of FDR and his minions cost millions of human beings their lives and countless others lifetimes of needless suffering under totalitarian regimes.  Fleming exposes everything --from ignoring Nazi and Soviet atrocities to refusing to aid Hitler's enemies inside the German military high command. Fleming exposed the fact that FDR had much more blood on his hands, by way of his wartime policies, than many Nazis convicted at the Nuremberg trials.

            Thoroughly documented, The New Dealers' War exposes the fact that Roosevelt was made aware of the Soviet agents highly placed in his administration as early 1939.  There can be little doubt as to their influence on the partition of post war Europe and creation of the "iron curtain".  These agents, though they may have influenced, are not responsible for the decisions FDR made.  FDR ignored any reports of soviet atrocities, such as the murder of 10,000 Polish military officers in the Katyn Forrest. 

          No serious student of history can claim to have studied the Second World War without reading The New Dealers' War.  If ever someone were to make a documentary film of the FDR presidency using the facts exposed by Fleming, the once honored president would doubtless be viewed in a far less adoring light.  This fast paced history reads like a crime drama and should be required reading for any study of the era, especially when dealing with the Holocaust.